joins us live. and the race to 2024 officially heating up, the first challenger to donald trump for the republican nomination. his one-time ally turned opponent. what nikki haley is saying about pushing back on belize, as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good valentines evening, i m stephanie ruhle. we may be on the verge of several major legal battles involving the justice department. donald trump, and his former vp mike pence. a source tells nbc news that the former vp plans to challenge a subpoena from special counsel, jack smith. smith wants pence to testify under oath in the investigation in trump s role in the january 6th riot. pence was the focus of a major pressure campaign by trump himself to block biden s victory. pence had to certify those electoral resorts before a joint session of congress, you know when, january 6th. the votes for president of the united states are as follows, joseph r. biden junior of the state of delaware has received 306 v
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of a major pressure campaign by trump himself to block biden s victory. pence had to certify those election results before a joint session of congress, you know when, january 6th. the votes for president of the united states are as follows, joseph r. biden jr. of the state of delaware has received 306 votes. donald j trump from the state of florida has received 232 votes. the announcement of the state of the vote by the president of the senate shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons elected president and vice president of the united states. each for the term beginning on the 20th day of january, 2021. the special counsel is also running the inquiry into trump s handling of those classified records. nbc has learned jack smith has asked a judge to compel trump lawyer evan corcoran to and questions before the grand jury in that case. we are also soon going to learn more about georgia prosecutor, fani willis s investigation into trump and election interference
case to allow cameras in the courtroom for the arraignment. lawyers for soon to be the independent donald trump argue against having cameras, they r claiming it would create a circus like atmosphere, and we know how much he hits that tonight, since we ve been on the air, the judge has jus issued a ruling in this case i will tell you exactly what the ruling says. i m just reviewing it at m desk right now five photographers should be allowed to in the jury box par to the commencement of the raymond. the photographers will b permitted to take still photos for several minutes unti they re directed to vacate the jury box by court personnel. no for the photography will be permitted in the courtroom after that use of the cameras will be permitted in the hallways of the building again, cameras will be allowed in the hallways but not in the courtroom itself once things get underway the judge also says reporter will be able to bring sulfones and laptops inside the court but they can
allowed to in the jury box par to the commencement of the raymond. the photographers will b permitted to take still photos for several minutes until such time they re directed to vacat the jury box by cour personnel. no for the photography will be permitted in the courtroom after that use of the cameras will be permitted in the hallways of the building again, cameras will be allowed in the hallways but not in the courtroom itself once things get underway the judge also says reporter will be able to bring sulfones and laptops inside the court but they can t use them once they are in there. and again as described in th ruling that i read to, you still photos will be allowed until the proceedings begin. and then court personnel wil tell photographers that they can no longer use thei cameras. i should tell you that we will have special team coverage o tomorrow s historic event here on msnbc, starting at 8 pm eastern, i will be part of tha same coverage. i will see you tomorrow ni